Pastor Jay //

I thought you might enjoy some pictures from Awana and Youth tonight:

Awana

Youth Jan 09

A Biblical Guide to Decision-Making

Decision-Making: Eating Problems for Lunch

Recently, I have been studying about Joseph, husband of Mary and adoptive father of Jesus. He had a difficult decision to make. As I looked more closely at his decision process, I realized that his big decision regarding what to do about Mary’s surprise pregnancy, was made up of a series of smaller decisions. Here’s an excerpt from the back of this mini e-book:

Feel free to download this small book about decision-making. Pass it along to a friend that’s in the middle of a big decision. Apply it to your life and see how God would have you make decisions.

You may download your free copy here.

See fellow blogger, Mark Brown, make a plug for the book, here: http://brownblog.info/?p=724

We will only have worship at 10:45 am. For the full story about reasons etc. see:

http://cameronfbc.org/home/2008/12/21/schedule-change-sunday-dec-21-2008/

See you tomorrow - those of you in/near Cameron, MO!!

In Him, Jay

Can you imagine an athiest being grateful that someone witnessed to them and still remain an athiest. The embedded video is a vlog of Penn of Penn and Teller Magic Shows describing such an encounter. He is an outspoken athiest and yet, he appears to be truly struck by an evanglistic encounter after one of his shows.

Thanks to Micah Fries and Ed Stetzer for passing it along.

Luke 2:34-35 says,

Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”

On the second day in Israel, we traveled North along the coast to Caesarea Maritima. Herod built this city in honor of one of the Caesars and added all the grandeur of Roman life. The city at the time of Christ and Paul included a theater, hippodrome, a man-made harbor, and a Royal Palace. Though Jesus did not come to Caesarea, Peter and Paul did. This is the city where Peter visited Cornelius (Acts 10). Also, Paul was imprisoned here and appeared before Agrippa in Caesarea (Acts 23-27). Caesarea was the main port city for Jerusalem and therefore it was used as the staging area for Pilate’s armies. For many years there was no historical verification of Pilate’s governorship, but during among the excavations at “Caesarea by the Sea” a discovery was made bearing his name in a dedication plaque to Tiberius. Once again, the truth of the biblical account was confirmed.

Jesus said:  “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” (John 20:29)

During our trip to Israel, we spent the first night on the Mediterranean Sea. We had been travelling for about 30 hours and it was difficult to even think about going anywhere. However, I saw that the sun was setting over the Sea and the kids and I ran with camera in hand to find a good shot. We missed the sun setting but got to the beach in time to catch this shot. This sea connected Israel with the rest of the Roman world in the time of Christ. You could said to Africa or Greece from here.

I will try to post some more pictures from the trip and give you a sense of what we saw.

Why not try this for Christmas??